30 September 2014 Last updated at 18:09 DJ Neil Fox – known as “Dr Fox” – has been arrested by police investigating claims of historical sex offences. The arrest came after separate allegations were made by two women, the Metropolitan Police said. According to reports, the 53-year-old was arrested in Soho, central London, at the [...]

30 September 2014 Last updated at 18:25 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. A drone captured the scale of the protests on Saturday 29 September Thousands more people have been joining pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, ahead of what organisers hope will be the largest day of protests so far. Tens of [...]

30 September 2014 Last updated at 18:54 RAF jets have attacked a “heavy weapon position” and an armed pick-up truck in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence has said. In the first attacks since Parliament approved military action on Friday, two “precision strikes” were launched and both were “successful”, the MoD said. The attacks, by two [...]

29 September 2014 Last updated at 15:50 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC’s Lyse Doucet meets Iraqi troops trying to protect the gates of Baghdad from Islamic State militants Iraqi ground forces, backed by air strikes, appear to have halted advancing Islamic State (IS) militants in a town west of [...]

29 September 2014 Last updated at 18:43 Tens of thousands of people remained on the streets of Hong Kong on Monday night Protests in Hong Kong are continuing after tens of thousands of people defied calls for them to dismantle their camps and return home. Demonstrations grew after police tried to disperse crowds using batons [...]

29 September 2014 Last updated at 17:38 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. George Osborne MP: “This freeze will save £3bn a year” A future Conservative government would freeze benefits paid to people of working age for two years, Chancellor George Osborne has told the Conservative Party conference. Mr Osborne said the [...]

Europe completed their mission in the singles to win the 40th Ryder Cup 16½-11½ against the United States at Gleneagles. Captain Paul McGinley’s side led 10-6 going into the final day and reached the 14½ needed to win the Cup outright when Welsh rookie Jamie Donaldson beat Keegan Bradley 43. Please turn on JavaScript. Media [...]

28 September 2014 Last updated at 18:09 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC’s Jiuliana Liu says the situation on the ground is “extremely chaotic” and that protesters show no sign of dispersing Hong Kong police have used tear gas to disperse thousands of pro-democracy protesters near the government complex, after [...]

28 September 2014 Last updated at 19:00 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Grant Shapps: “Individual MPs do not succeed alone” Tory chairman Grant Shapps has accused Mark Reckless of “betrayal” with his defection from the party to UKIP. Mr Shapps told the party conference in Birmingham: “Your trust has been abused. [...]

27 September 2014 Last updated at 19:01 Mr Newmark appealed for the privacy of his family to be “respected at this time” Conservative MP for Braintree Brooks Newmark has resigned as minister for civil society over allegations to be published in a Sunday newspaper. He said in a statement he remained “a loyal supporter of [...]